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Franklin's Lightning Rod

Posted August 3rd, 2007 by Weather Toolbar
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On June 10, 1752, Benjamin Franklin is believed to have narrowly missed electrocution while flying a kite with a key attached to it in a thunderstorm. His experiment demonstrated that lightning is a form of electricity and paved the way for Franklin's invention of the lightning rod.

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